http://www.detnews.com/article/20110...egal-immigrant


Steve Pardo/ The Detroit News

"Brad Pederson was trolling for Walleye on Wednesday but ended up getting a bigger catch in the form of a 180-pound Czech who authorities said was trying to enter the country illegally.

Pederson, 26, and a friend were fishing on the St. Clair River near Marysville when they came across a curious sight.

"I saw what I thought was a stump," the Algonac resident said. "But it was a floating backpack. And connected to it was a guy in a Speedo."

There were a couple of proverbial red flags concerning the situation. It was around 11:40 p.m. The water, Pederson said, was 60.8 degrees."